Spaceships, pirates, imperials & queers
Readers of TTRPG game design or writing and listeners of my podcast, I have a new obsession: writing fiction. Well, it’s not really new. I’m picking it back up and starting to share again after a couple of decades of keeping it to myself. Lately I’m writing a sci fi novel with series potential but wanted to build a readership organically rather than attempting to throw darts at the traditional publishing pipeline. I’d like to retain as much control over my creative works as possible, just as I have in TTRPG.
The pitch of the first story I’m sharing:
Captain Bho's foreign aid vessel escapes a hostile takeover by space pirates only to witness a targeted United Earth cosmic assault on civilians. Captain Bho leads her crew in a bid to escape the black hole, relying on her gutsy crew of ragtag rebels to pull together against the most powerful entity in the universe. Meanwhile in the dying light of the star Chief Zuri and the Captain reignite an old romance, but is it doomed just like this star system?
Read the first chapter of Black Hole Guns here!
I expect to be sharing regular drafts for the first novel and pursue a series via crowdfunding the production. My hope is that I am able to go full-time with writing between this and game design one day. I appreciate everyone’s support, even if you can just share it with your friends, it means a lot to me.
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